The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, December 19, 1913, Image 17

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3S VyIFj-, c "" "iif- () VWHAT7j V -spoe!" iObIN WRONGJackson Bunker has got himselfinto a nice fix.JohnBon How?y Jackson He wrote an article on"The Ideal Wife" for a ladies' paperlast month.Johnson Well, what's that to dowith hiB present fix?r" Jackson Somebody told, .his wifeabout it, and Bhe's been reading thething over during the past two days,mg to discover a single traitVuvrain Vila iriaal rPRpmhlpn hpr HVinwasn't found it, and Bunker dines inthe city now.o o"What has hecome of thfi hitrSnan who used to beat the Imssdrum?" asked the private of the'4rum-raajor. "He left us about threeihonths ago." "Good drummer, too,wasn'the?" "Yes, very good: but hegot so fat that when he marched heWUHU V Jutt mo uium iu m, uyuure.SHE SHUFFLED HE CUTAt a country ball a farmer h 'engaged a pretty coquette for tii:next dance, but a gallant captaincoming along, persuaded the younflady to cancel her previous engagement in favor of himself. The farmer,overhearing the conversation, wentto a card table and sat down to agame of whist. xA few minutes later the captainstepped up to the young lady to excuse himself, as he had forgottenthat he was already engaged to another. Miss Coquette, much chagrined, then made tracks for the whisttable, hoping to secure her first partner. Nodding to the fanner, and withher face covered with smiles, shesweetly said:"I think, sir, that it is time to takeour places."The old farmer, in the act of dividing the pack for the next dealccourteously replied:"No, Miss S ; I mean to keep : rpresent place. When ladies shufli ,I cut"-o o-SHE WAS WRONGFor ten long but blissful years theyhad walked along the path of love;but as yet the lovesick youth hadnever mentioned about their gettingmarried. Courtship is very charming;but when there does not seem to bealtar rails at the end of it, girls naturally begin to lose interest in tiegame.Anyhow, Jane thought it time thatthe marriage day was fixed, so shethrew out a gentle hint to her loverby way of encouraging him: Encouragement, she thought, was allthe dear fellow wanted."Nathaniel," she whispered, coyly, "they're saying we're goinlj to bemarried soon.""Are they, though?" answered tlstolid swain. "What a' jolly sell it'llbe for them when they find out wsain't!"fcisk